Celebrating holiday with old and new technology

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Celebrating holiday with old and new technology

By Kathleen Atkins
The spectacular July 4 fireworks display you're about to see was photographed by videographer Jos Stiglingh a year ago in Florida. He flew a DJI Phantom 2 quadcopter deep into the fireworks show and recorded it with an attached GoPro Hero 3 videocam. The performance — or rather, the entire collection of performances — was high-risk for a flying camera passing inside all that explosive technology. We're in considerably less danger watching this video version of the show.